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p.1 #1 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

pretty cool:

http://www.popphoto.com/2012/11/heres-incredible-natgeo-cheetah-footage-weve-been-waiting

Nov 29, 2012 at 02:13 AM

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p.1 #2 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1169622

Nov 29, 2012 at 02:30 AM

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p.1 #3 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

""pretty cool" is probably the understatement of the month.

Beautiful and awe-inspiring come to mind.

Nov 29, 2012 at 02:47 AM

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p.1 #4 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

runamuck wrote:
""pretty cool" is probably the understatement of the month.

Beautiful and awe-inspiring come to mind.
Agree wonderful

Nov 29, 2012 at 03:16 AM

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p.1 #5 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

Pretty cool yes!!! Framing is way too tight and the lighting is horrific.

Tim

Nov 29, 2012 at 05:54 AM

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p.1 #6 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

Fantastic!! Equipment sure matters.

Db

Nov 29, 2012 at 06:05 AM

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p.1 #7 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

Watching that video and seeing what mother nature can create is rather humbling. I'm amazed by how stable the cheetah's spine and head are while running at 60mph - they barely move.

Nov 29, 2012 at 06:10 AM

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p.1 #8 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

The head is rock solid.... despite the fact that the spine is continuously winding up and unwinding, like a spring. It is amazing to see how little time is actually spent touching the ground.

Nov 29, 2012 at 12:54 PM

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p.1 #9 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

What a beautiful animal. So graceful.

The quality of the video is absolutely wonderful. The focus and DOF were spot on. The timelapse at the end was interesting, and I was glad to see that the cheetah was allowed to whip that nasty furball as well.

Jaakko

Nov 29, 2012 at 01:16 PM

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p.1 #10 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

goosemang wrote:
pretty cool:

http://www.popphoto.com/2012/11/heres-incredible-natgeo-cheetah-footage-weve-been-waiting

Great video, interesting that mirrorless cameras commercials all over this page. Sounds like they are in troubles?

Nov 29, 2012 at 01:29 PM

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p.1 #11 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

RichardLavigne wrote:
The head is rock solid.... despite the fact that the spine is continuously winding up and unwinding, like a spring. It is amazing to see how little time is actually spent touching the ground.

yeah this is amazing. it almost looks fake.

Nov 29, 2012 at 01:35 PM

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p.1 #12 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

This video should become mandatory viewing for mechanical engineering students.
An incredibly sophisticated solution to the problem of terrestrial locomotion in a gravity environment with the objective of maximizing forward speed.

(Heck, come to think of it, only a few birds can attain this sort of speed in horizontal power flight.)

Nov 29, 2012 at 01:36 PM

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p.1 #13 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

I thought the same as others about the head / spine stability.

I was also amazed at the stride length - rough estimate of 3 strides per second, so the fastest cheetah would've covered 100m in 18 strides. Usain Bolt did it in something like 40 strides if I remember the Olympic discussion correctly.

Nov 29, 2012 at 01:53 PM

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p.1 #14 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

volyrat wrote:
I thought the same as others about the head / spine stability.

I was also amazed at the stride length - rough estimate of 3 strides per second, so the fastest cheetah would've covered 100m in 18 strides. Usain Bolt did it in something like 40 strides if I remember the Olympic discussion correctly.

the math makes sense considering the Cheetah is about 2x times as fast.

Nov 29, 2012 at 02:03 PM

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p.1 #15 · 1dx's, cheetah's and a 1200 fps high speed rig

what a video!!!!!!!!!! truly impressive!

Nov 29, 2012 at 02:45 PM

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